Hi, everyone-- On 26-May-99 at 10:56 PM -0500 Derek posted instructions for getting Netscape to run using old libraries under glibc2.1 (debian and pre-R5). (Derek's full message attached at end of this message.)
Netscape now works in the current debian-powerpc! It's nice. The only other application I've missed while running debian (I haven't tried pre-R5) is LyX, which doesn't run because of its dependence on XForms. AFAIK, XForms for glibc2.1 is still not available. (If I'm wrong, please tell me.) Q: Why not use Derek and Mark's Netscape workaround to run LyX under Debian/pre-R5, too? A: I tried their workaround with my LinuxPPC R4-built LyX, and it works! I haven't hit any gotchas with Netscape or LyX running under debian yet. Just thought I'd share my excitement. ;-) Mike ---( forwarded message follows )----------------------------- Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 23:56:12 -0400 From: Derek Lichter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: Glibc2.1 and Netscape > On Wed, May 26, 1999 at 07:59:16PM -0400, Deirdre Saoirse wrote: > > Paul Mackerras pointed out to me yesterday why my netscape wasn't >working: > > Glibc2.1, which is incompatible with the version used to compile >Netscape. > > > > Two points: > > > > a) does anyone know if and/or when a newer version of Netscape will be >out > > that we CAN run? > > > > b) a workaround occurred to me later: good old ssh and X. I now ssh >into a > > coworker's box (x86 linux in this case) and run Netscape there. The > > display is automagically forwarded (encrypted) to my machine. :) > > With a ton of help from my housemate Mark ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), I worked >around > this problem by pointing netscape to use old libraries at runtime. >Here're > the basic steps we took: > > - pulled old shared libraries from the following redhat rpms in > ftp://ftp.linuxppc.org/linuxppc-R4/RedHat/RPMS: > X11R6.3-libs-01-1r.ppc.rpm > glibc-0.961212-1h.ppc.rpm > xpm-3.4j-1b.ppc.rpm > libg++-2.8.1.980306-1c.ppc.rpm > > - dumped them into a newly-created directory, /usr/lib/netscape/base-4/old > > - in this directory, edited ld.so.1 to change the library path string: > > % perl -pe 's/LD_LIBRARY_PATH/LD_LIBRARY_PAT1/' ld.so.1 > ld.so.1.new > % mv ld.so.1 ld.so.1.OLD > % mv ld.so.1.new ld.so.1 > > - moved the netscape 4.08 binary (which i have installed in > /usr/local/bin) to netscape-exec > > - created a wrapper script as /usr/local/bin/netscape; its contents: > > #!/bin/sh > > LIBDIR=/usr/lib/netscape/base-4/old > > LD_LIBRARY_PAT1=${LIBDIR} exec ${LIBDIR}/ld.so.1 \ > /usr/local/bin/netscape-exec "$@" > > This works well enough (until I can get mozilla built, i guess)... > hopefully I haven't left any steps out. (I should also note that > I'm running debian, not redhat; I've crossposted to the debian-powerpc > list in case it's useful there, too.) > > -d.d- ---( end of forwarded message )----------------------------- -- Mike James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Memphis, TN USA * Eternity begins now.
